TEHRAN (FNA)- A former commander of the Syrian army said that the country's intelligence agents have found out the hideaway of ISIL's main ringleader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

"The Syrian intelligence service has succeeded in finding the whereabouts of Abu Bakr Baghdadi, but we cannot hunt him down at present due to the unfavorable conditions," retired Brigadier General Bashar al-Zaqloul was quoted as saying by Panorama Middle East on Saturday.

"Efforts are underway to assassinate him," he added.

Zaqloul underlined that if the Syrian intelligence service finds an opportunity to kill Baghdadi, it will certainly do so since he is a terrorist and deserves death.

Earlier reports said that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had died and members of the Takfiri group in Iraq had sworn allegiance to Abu Ala Afri as his successor.

Two Iraqi news agencies, Alghad Press and Al-Youm Al-Thamen (the 8th Day) as well as sources in the Iraqi city of Mosul reported in April that Baghdadi died in an Israeli hospital in the occupied Golan Heights where he had been hospitalized for treatment after sustaining severe injuries during a joint attack of the Iraqi army and popular forces.

The sources added that al-Baghdadi has been declared by his Israeli physicians and surgeons as to be now "clinically dead".

The terrorist leader was targeted in an airstrike in Western Iraq on March 18.

Al-Youm Al-Thamen quoting intelligence sources said ISIL had earlier recorded several videos of its leader months before the March airstrike and after the first time that he escaped lethal injuries around a year ago to prove that he is alive until the group can introduce a universally accepted new leader.

The sources added that the members of the Takfiri group operating in Iraq had pledged allegiance to a new leader called Abdul Rahman al-Sheijlar, alias Abu Ala Afri, as Baghdadi's successor.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the sports and women commission of the National Olympic Committee of Iran (NOC) Mahin Farhadizadeh said on Saturday that Iran will hold a conference on “Women, Sports, and Gender Equality” in November.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A child, who did not receive appropriate treatment due to US sanctions, died in Venezuela, the country's foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, said on Friday, blaming the country's opposition for the incident.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said on Saturday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is required to brief the parliament on his meeting with US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein.

TEHRAN (FNA)- China accused American officials of lying to the public about the US-China trade war, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already warned that the rising tensions between the world's two largest economies will put the global growth in jeopardy this year.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior advisor to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander downplayed deployment of the US aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, warning of Iran's capability to sink them with new secret weapons in case of Washington's aggression.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Army fended off attacks by terrorists in different battlefronts of Aleppo which took place in a bid to backup other militants stationed in Hama and Idlib and as the Syrian Army continues ground and air offensives on terrorists' positions in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Headquarters Major General Gholam Ali Rashid warned enemies against any miscalculation about Iran's military power, stressing that their attempts to destabilize the country are in vain.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and pro-militant White Helmets terrorists together with European militants are fully preparing to launch false-flag chemical attack in Hama, Idlib and Lattakia provinces in Northern Syria to provide a pretext for the US and the West to attack Syria, media reports said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a host of meetings with top officials of Pakistan in the capital city of Islamabad exchanged views on ways to further develop bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries and the US’ hostile measures against Tehran.